At the meeting, Lin Huimei briefly talked about the current situation of domestic digital films, and Xu Zhen listened carefully and felt that he had learned a lot of knowledge that he didn't know much about before.

Digital cinema, as the name suggests, is a film that is completed with digital technology instead of film.

This technology has been quite mature in foreign countries, and many well-known Hollywood blockbusters, such as "Jurassic Park", "Independence Day", etc., are digital films;

But in China, the technology is just getting started.

A few years ago, CCTV filmed China's first high-definition digital documentary "Ancient Tea Horse Road" and chose to release it on CCTV channels.

Similarly, most of the other domestic digital films are broadcast on TV and online platforms, rather than on the big screen.

The immaturity of this field is a huge opportunity for Dongyue Film and Television.

Dongyue is an excellent TV drama production company, but it has never independently planned a film production.

Entering the industry rashly, the rate of hitting the street is too high, so in recent years, Dongyue has been planning to start with small-budget movies and gradually penetrate into this field.

This digital film festival is a great opportunity.

If it can achieve a good ranking in the competition of this film festival, it will not only be able to open up a second battlefield for Dongyue Film and Television, but also obtain a new profit growth point of digital films;

At the same time, it can also accumulate experience in film production, train the team, build a reputation, and lay the foundation for entering the big screen in the future.

After Lin Huimei finished reporting the basic situation, Cai Shijian took over and said: "This digital film festival is aimed at the entire Chinese-speaking market, and film and television production companies from across the Taiwan Strait and three places will participate. “

"We have passed the gas privately, and there are about 20 film and television production companies that are interested in participating, and there is only one first prize, and it is quite difficult to win."

Speaking of this, Cai Shiyi smiled slightly, and said with a relatively relaxed expression: "However, you don't have to be too panicked, we also have our own advantages." ”

"On the one hand, this film festival has set an upper limit on the production cost of the participating films, which is required to be controlled below 10 million."

"So, any big company has more resources. There's no way to smash it inside. ”

"On the other hand, the production of small costs is mainly about the plot."

As he spoke, Cai Shixian turned his head to look at a middle-aged lady beside him and smiled: "The gold medal screenwriter of martial arts dramas is sitting in our house, who is afraid of the plot!" ”

As soon as these words came out, a burst of relaxed laughter suddenly sounded in the conference room.

Xu Zhen looked sideways at the lady who had just been clicked by Cai Shijian.

Although he has never met this person, he has long admired the great name, and he is like thunder.

Ms. Shao Manling, the former gold medal screenwriter of Qianyuan Film and Television.

After Qianyuan was acquired by Dongyue, Shao Manling became a member of Dongyue Film and Television.

When I was in Qianyuan Film and Television. Shao Manling has served as the screenwriter of two martial arts masterpieces, "The History of Martial Arts" and "Xiao Shiyi Lang", and has written many very good original scripts.

I heard that the script of this movie was also written by Shao Manling, and Xu Zhen's expectations for this movie suddenly raised a notch.

"Mr. Cai, don't kill me," Shao Manling smiled and waved her hand, "Let me say it first, the script this time is quite bland, and those who want to watch the exciting plot will probably be disappointed." ”

"The main reason why I chose this script to shoot is because the theme of this film festival is 'martial arts'."

"This script, how to say it, it's very Jianghu."

"Maturity and innocence, life and death and morality, happiness and revenge and involuntary self-will, these are all things I want to express."

"That's all the plot has to do here, as for how to make the ordinary plot exciting, it depends on the skills of everyone here."

Everyone talked and laughed, and briefly exchanged some experiences.

Since Xu Zhen hadn't read the script yet, he couldn't participate in the discussion, so he could only listen honestly and silently note down the screenwriter and director's understanding and needs for the role.

……

After the meeting, Xu Zhen, Song Yu and Lin Jia formed a rice team and stayed in the company's headquarters canteen for lunch.

Song Yu sat next to Xu Zhen with a dinner plate, and said proudly: "Say, how can you thank me?" ”

"The dignified Dongyue brother has lowered his coffee position to play for you, do you have to give me a month's lunch?"

Although Xu Zhen wanted to complain that their small broken company did not have a "first brother", he still smiled and said: "Package, must be packaged." After the machine is turned on, I will go to get you a boxed lunch every day. ”

Song Yu snorted twice with satisfaction and said, "Have you read the script?" ”

Xu Zhen said: "Brother Qiao said that it has been sent to him, but I haven't had time to read it yet, how about it, how do you read the script?" ”

While eating, Song Yu sighed: "Look back, I won't spoil it." ”

"I can only say that I deserve to be a gold medal screenwriter, and the writing is really good."

"The first time I watched it, I almost cried, you died miserably!"

Xu Zhen: "......"

I don't know why, but it doesn't feel like it's good.

He turned his head to look at Lin Jia on the side and asked, "Senior sister, what role are you playing?" ”

Lin Jia, who was silently cooking rice, heard this question, and the chopsticks in his hand stopped instantly.

She was silent for a moment, and Mu Ran said: "Oh, the character I play is called Xiaocui, and she is a singer. Sings you a little tune when you're being besieged by the villain. ”

Xu Zhen asked, "And then?" ”

Lin Jia lowered his head and said, "Then there will be no then." ”

Xu Zhen: "......"

Oh, it's a trick.

Lin Jia raised his head, he didn't know what he remembered, and said with a little confusion in his eyes: "Well, this is the first time I have played a woman in the Qinglou, although there are not many scenes, but it can be regarded as a bit of a challenge." ”

"A while ago, in order to compete for a small ...... Da Qiao, I've been learning the guqin for a while, and I don't know if I can use it. ”

Lin Jia had a smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "Sure enough, any effort will not be in vain." You see that I learn the guqin, isn't this a waste again? Ahahaha......"

Xu Zhen listened to her inexplicable words and felt a little crazy.

Senior Sister Lin seems to be stimulated by something?

Forget it, just don't see it, don't touch other people's moldy heads.

……

In the afternoon, back to the rented apartment, Xu Zhen printed out the script he had just received and began

The name of this script is "Wen Liangzhu", and the shooting time is expected to be about 90 minutes.

There is not much content, and Xu Zhen quickly finished reading it for the first time.

However, he was stunned for a long time with the script, and couldn't help but turn to the beginning again and watch it a second time.

Then I watched it a third time......

In just one afternoon, Xu Zhen read the script from beginning to end five times.

Finally, he closed the file, still unable to calm down.

This is what Jiang Manling called "flat story"?

What does that uneventful story look like??

This movie is indeed with few characters and simple clues.

But simple doesn't mean bland.

At the beginning of the story, it was the Nine Princes who were pleased to receive a treasure named Wen Liangzhu.

Legend has it that a person who takes the bead can be cured of all diseases and will not be invaded by poison.

However, before the Nine Princes could take it, the warm cool beads were stolen.

In a fit of rage, he gathered heavy troops and slaughtered all the Jianghu experts in the city who had the ability to steal Wen Liangzhu.

But after raiding the house, this bead still could not be found, and the whereabouts of Wen Liangzhu became an unsolved case in the rivers and lakes.

Ten years later, a young master named Liu Yanyang was born.

He claimed to be a survivor of the massacre that year, and in order to avenge his parents, he constantly launched assassination operations against the prince.

After dozens of failures, Liu Yanyang has been defeated repeatedly, and his kung fu is getting higher and higher.

In order to save his life, the Nine Princes had to live in a well-defended secret room for a long time. Completely lost personal freedom.

In the process, Liu Yanyang met another survivor of the massacre that year: Zhao Darttou.

It's just that over the years, Liu Yanyang has nothing else in his eyes except revenge;

And Zhao Darttou is now married and has a business, responsible for the livelihood of dozens of people in the dart bureau.

It is precisely because of this that the contradiction between the two arises.

One day, in order to seek freedom, the Nine Princes spent a lot of money to hire Zhao Darttou to escort him to the suburbs of Beijing to ride a horse.

For the huge amount of dart silver of 100,000 taels of gold, Zhao Darttou chose to temporarily put aside the revenge of killing his father and protect him for this trip.

However, this matter was discovered by Liu Yanyang.

On the horse farm on the outskirts of Beijing, Liu Yanyang refused to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and vowed to kill the Nine Princes;

And Zhao Darttou was forced to stand on the opposite side of Liu Yanyang for the sake of money, family, and the reputation of the dart game.

In the process of fighting between the two, Liu Yanyang was hit by Zhao Biao's head in the chest and coughed up a bead, which was the warm cool bead that the Nine Princes had been looking for for many years.

It wasn't until this moment that he realized that the massacre ten years ago was really because his father stole this Wen Liang Pearl in order to cure his tuberculosis.

Years of faith in revenge collapsed in an instant.

Liu Yanyang had no support from hatred, and at the same time blamed herself for causing so many deaths, and refused to take Wen Liangzhu anymore, allowing herself to die of serious injuries.

After this battle, Zhao Darttou became famous, and since then he has lived a comfortable and prosperous life.

Is it ironic?

It's not just sarcasm, it's more helpless.

The role that Xu Zhen wants to play is Liu Yanyang, who is a pure Jianghu person, and at the same time looks like a child who doesn't grow up.

In his short twenty years of life, there was nothing but injury and hatred.

Except for the meal of wine with Zhao Darttou when he met him, he has hardly had a happy day in his life.

Xu Zhen read the script repeatedly, and suddenly didn't dare to write Liu Yanyang's character biography, nor did he dare to sleep.

He was afraid that he would dream of Liu Yanyang.

But at the same time, he wanted to dream about this person.

In order to make this movie well, and also to let more people see this story.

He is willing to be Liu Yanyang for two months.